He was born on Febuary 3rd, 1842 in Virgina, Sindey Clopton Lanier was a poet and a CSA soilder. When e was in the Civil War, he was held captive for five months in which he wrote in his novel titled "Tiger Lilies". In 1877 Lanier mover to Baltimore and delivered speeches on English writings.After Lanier was declined a job at a university, he moved to the North Carolina mountains. He died in 1881.
Analysis:
Poem one: "A Ballad of Trees and the Master"-
This poem's rhyme scheme is A A B B C C C B A A B B D D D B.
There is no historical context.
The theme is that life is better at the beginning.
The woods symbolizes your life and when death comes its time for you to leave. Going into the woods stands for being born because you go in clean.
I like this poem because it is preatty accurate at explaning the cycle of life. Poem two : "The Mocking Bird"-
The rhyme scheme is : A B B A A B B A C C D D E E
Poem three: "The Raven Days"-
The rhyme scheme is : A B A B C D C D E F E F C G C G
"A Ballad of Trees and the Master" NTO the woods my Master went
Clean forspent, forspent.
Into the woods my Master came,
Forspent with love and shame.
But the olives they were not blind to Him,
The little gray leaves were kind to Him:
The thorn-tree had a mind to Him
When into the woods He came.
Out of the woods my Master went,
And He was well content.
Out of the woods my Master came,
Content with death and shame
When Death and Shame would woo Him last,
From under the trees they drew Him last:
'Twas on a tree they slew Him--last
When out of the woods He came.
Sites:
Bibliography
Lanier, Sidney. Poems of Sidney Lanier. n.d. Poems by Sidney Lanier. 2 March 2010 <http://poerty-archive.com>. Sidney Lanier. 2 March 2010 <www.poets.org>. Sidney Lanier Biography. 2 March 2010 <www.findagrave.com>. Sidney Lanier Biography. 1 March 2010 <www.famousamericans.net>.
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Biography:
He was born on Febuary 3rd, 1842 in Virgina, Sindey Clopton Lanier was a poet and a CSA soilder. When e was in the Civil War, he was held captive for five months in which he wrote in his novel titled "Tiger Lilies". In 1877 Lanier mover to Baltimore and delivered speeches on English writings.After Lanier was declined a job at a university, he moved to the North Carolina mountains. He died in 1881.Analysis:
Poem one: "A Ballad of Trees and the Master"-This poem's rhyme scheme is A A B B C C C B A A B B D D D B.
There is no historical context.
The theme is that life is better at the beginning.
The woods symbolizes your life and when death comes its time for you to leave. Going into the woods stands for being born because you go in clean.
I like this poem because it is preatty accurate at explaning the cycle of life.
Poem two : "The Mocking Bird"-
The rhyme scheme is : A B B A A B B A C C D D E E
Poem three: "The Raven Days"-
The rhyme scheme is : A B A B C D C D E F E F C G C G
Major Works:
"Corn"A Ballad of Trees and the Master "
"The Mocking Bird "
"The Raven Days"
Memorization Poem:
"A Ballad of Trees and the Master"Clean forspent, forspent.
Into the woods my Master came,
Forspent with love and shame.
But the olives they were not blind to Him,
The little gray leaves were kind to Him:
The thorn-tree had a mind to Him
When into the woods He came.
Out of the woods my Master went,
And He was well content.
Out of the woods my Master came,
Content with death and shame
When Death and Shame would woo Him last,
From under the trees they drew Him last:
'Twas on a tree they slew Him--last
When out of the woods He came.
Sites:
Bibliography
Lanier, Sidney. Poems of Sidney Lanier. n.d.Poems by Sidney Lanier. 2 March 2010 <http://poerty-archive.com>.
Sidney Lanier. 2 March 2010 <www.poets.org>.
Sidney Lanier Biography. 2 March 2010 <www.findagrave.com>.
Sidney Lanier Biography. 1 March 2010 <www.famousamericans.net>.